EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD Vli., A. 1905 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF MANGELS AND T\JRNITS-Co7icluded 



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Fertilizers applied eacli year from 

 1889 to 1898 or 1899. No fertilizers 

 used since. Clover sown in 1900 in 

 place of the roots and ploughed 

 under in May, 1901, before the 

 roots were sown. In 1903 clover 

 was again sown and ploughed 

 under in May, 1904. 



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 13 



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AVKRAGE YlKLD 

 FOR 



Thirteen Years. 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



20 



21 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Nitrate of soda, 300 lbs. per acre, 

 used each year from 1889 to 1899, 

 inclusive. No fertilizers have been 

 applied since then 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then. 



Unmanured from the beginning 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs.; wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Wood ashes, unleached, 2,000 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Common salt (Sodium chloride), 400 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 



. lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 

 lbs.; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 



1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 

 lbs. ; muriate of potash, 200 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 

 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers have 

 been applied since then 



Double sulphate of potash and mag- 

 nesia, 300 lbs. per acre in 1889 and 



1890 (muriate of potash, 200 lbs., 

 substituted each year since) ; dried 

 blood, 250 lbs.; mineral superphos- 

 phate, No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899 inclu- 

 sive. No fertilizers have been ap- 

 plied since then 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs 

 common salt (Sodium chloride), 300 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 2, 500 

 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No fertili- 

 zers have been applied since then. . 



Tons. lbs. 



9 1,306 



14 



12 



7 



11 



14 



15 



15 



823 



743 

 894 



12 842 



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Turnips, 



Weight 

 of Roots. 



Per Acre, 



14th Season, 1904, 

 Varieties. 



West Half East Half 

 Plot. I Plot. 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Fourteen Years. 



Mangels, | Turnips, 

 Mammoth jPurpleTop 

 Long Red: Swede: 



Weight 

 of Roots. 



Per Acre . 



Tons. lbs. Tons. lbs. Tons, lbs 



Weight of 

 Roots. 



Per Acre. 



9 1,422 



13 160 



13 1,179 



12 1,988 



820 



324 



10 

 7 



10 



11 



12 



339 



918 



1,795 

 645 



8 1,891 



317 



825 



10 1,89G 



694 



285 



503 



10 1,562 



481 11 



309 



10 1,240 



10 1,420 



10 1,750 

 7 1,910 



9 50 



12 740 



12 910 



10 1,140 



10 970 



11 820 



11 1,750 



12 690 



18 1,410 



14 990 



13 880 

 12 1,320 



14 220 



16 1,200 



16 530 



17 1,070 



21 1,200 



19 810 



Mangels, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



9 1.444 



14 294 



12 529 

 7 966 



12 350 



11 266 



9 1,814 



12 1,801 



13 735 



12 1,762 



18 990 



20 30 



Turnips, 



Weight 



of Roots. 



Per Acre . 



Tons, lbs. 



9 1,701 



9 1,637 



11 158 

 7 1,407 



9 628 



8 1,523 



8 896 



11 837 



11 301 



11 1,465 



14 458 



14 1,922 



12 1,530 19 1,610 14 1,725 



12 1,305 



11 881 



11 1,544 



